/internal/media/dispatcher/15381/fullImage of Congressman Jim Wright introducing Lyndon B. Johnson11/22/196315/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)FilmWilliam Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0002.00050Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. Left to right the dignitaries are Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce president Raymond Buck, Democratic state committee woman Marjorie Belew, State Representative Don Kennard, Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough (face hidden by microphone), Texas Governor John B. Connally, State Representative Jim Wright at the microphones, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and President John F. Kennedy. This image shows Wright about to introduce Johnson in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, 1963.
The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #6 on section 1 of negative strip 2.Photographs643713.60000000002.40000000003178Negative (b&w)Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. Left to right the dignitaries are Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce president Raymond Buck, Democratic state committee woman Marjorie Belew, Texas State Senator Donley "Don" Kennard, Senator Ralph Yarborough (face hidden by microphone), Texas Governor John B. Connally, Congressman Jim Wright at the microphones, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and President John F. Kennedy. This image shows Wright about to introduce Johnson in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Parking lot speechFort WorthPhotographsSpeechesKennedy, John F.Allen, WilliamBuck, RaymondKennard, DonConnally, JohnYarborough, RalphJohnson, Lyndon B.Belew, MarjorieWright, JimDallas Times HeraldHotel TexasFort WorthFort Worth political leader James C. "Jim" Wright, Jr. represented Texas's 12th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 to 1989. He was the 56th Speaker of the House, serving under Presidents Reagan and Bush from 1987 to 1989. Mr. Wright passed away May 6, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator